Baby Boy Names - Lou

The table below indicates the number of times the name Lou has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to
2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social
Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular
names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lou

Use of the Name Lou for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

914

202

0

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Lou has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lou last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1971, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lou

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

492

14

125

131

1881

452

15

138

114

1882

627

10

137

131

1883

578

11

136

142

1884

644

10

145

146

1885

537

13

158

135

1886

674

9

178

129

1887

615

10

167

147

1888

678

10

173

169

1889

454

17

210

120

1890

710

9

210

132

1891

741

8

231

109

1892

778

9

222

137

1893

683

10

223

137

1894

615

12

252

118

1895

774

9

253

125

1896

759

10

247

130

1897

601

13

267

114

1898

726

10

236

156

1899

569

13

253

125

1900

720

13

275

140

1901

906

7

304

96

1902

287

120

1903

723

11

265

134

1904

300

116

1905

688

13

275

144

1906

334

100

1907

797

12

313

124

1908

700

15

292

147

1909

308

139

1910

723

18

316

145

1911

317

153

1912

979

22

314

212

1913

341

199

1914

895

38

349

227

1915

354

285

1916

351

308

1917

990

44

339

336

1918

337

368

1919

363

312

1920

357

336

1921

376

321

1922

348

349

1923

356

345

1924

351

378

1925

338

393

1926

323

421

1927

304

488

1928

322

423

1929

307

476

1930

306

465

1931

291

460

1932

983

45

269

543

1933

265

533

1934

263

557

1935

269

522

1936

271

504

1937

269

538

1938

274

534

1939

904

48

279

500

1940

281

497

1941

287

505

1942

977

47

293

536

1943

330

458

1944

315

459

1945

931

48

343

398

1946

344

476

1947

961

55

356

508

1948

378

440

1949

375

439

1950

395

418

1951

955

54

391

439

1952

345

573

1953

208

1,435

1954

204

1,493

1955

231

1,230

1956

259

1,062

1957

896

72

309

881

1958

927

67

315

851

1959

358

706

1960

959

63

388

593

1961

447

474

1962

488

396

1963

496

382

1964

599

277

1965

657

224

1966

721

187

1967

754

171

1968

771

169

1969

798

167

1970

850

158

1971

955

134

Totals:

914

32,674

During the last 125 years, parents have used Lou as a boy's name about 2% of the time and more frequently (about 97% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Lou appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 39 times during the last 125 years.